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Are smarter parks also more attractive?

People are more likely to visit parks, and for longer, in ‘smart’ cities that incorporate innovative technology into their public spaces.

NEWS November 25, 2020

Melbourne Arts Precinct gets funding approval

The Victorian Government, Australia, has announced funding approval for the $1.46B Melbourne Arts Precinct including the 18,000sqm of new open public space and gardens designed by Hassell + SO – IL.

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Epping to Chatswood Rail Link

The four stations we designed for the A$2.35 billion expansion of Sydney’s metropolitan rail network continue to demonstrate that travel by rail can be enjoyable, comfortable and uplifting.

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Re-emerging resilient

We don’t know exactly what our lives, work and communities will look like post COVID-19. But we know some trends of recent years have accelerated with the global pandemic.

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Embarcadero and Public Piers Plan

A once-in-a-century chance to plan the future of San Francisco’s historic but run-down piers in this celebrated waterfront city.

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Beyond the Centerline, NYC

Our idea for New York City’s ‘Beyond the Centerline’ competition takes us to an untamed ribbon of land lost in time.

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Haikou East & Dongzhai Port Mangrove Reserve

The masterplan for the Jiangdong New District in the Chinese tropical island of Hainan restores the coastal water network and preserves China’s largest mangrove forest.

RESEARCH

Places with purpose

The word ‘innovation’ is all-too-familiar to us these days, but how much do we know about the physical environments that make it happen?

CONVERSATIONS

Wildly in need

Rethinking urban habitat in the age of climate emergency.

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Adelaide Contemporary

Designed as an open circle, Adelaide Contemporary is a new kind of gallery. One that’s more informal and open to its parkland setting, its city and its role in bringing together art, nature and people.

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East Perth Power Station

From a power station to an art gallery, our plan to transform the East Perth Power Station is a very tangible connection to the power of the Western Australian landscape.

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An ‘open-source’ model for smart cities

How urban design can lead us to a ‘smart’ – and socially responsible – future

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Sixty Martin Place

The striking, curved façade of this 33-level tower offers breathing room to St Stephen’s Church next door, a heritage building typical of this pocket of Sydney.

Podcasts

Why the best designed cities reflect the best of us

Have we forgotten how to design for love and belonging?

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Xinqiao Open Source City

Inspired by tech’s ‘open source’ culture, we’ve imagined Xinqiao as an intelligent and sustainable urban district that’s continually co-designed by its community.

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